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Archive for April, 2009

The 2009 list of Fortune 500 has been released. There are major changes in the rankings, though majority of the companies stayed in the list. The report stated that 38 fell off from the list, led by financial firms Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Washington Mutual Inc. and Wachovia Corp. It’s good to see the companies I’ve worked for stayed on the list.
Here’s the top 50 list. Complete list is in Fortune 500 site

1. Exxon Mobil
2. Wal-Mart Stores
3. Chevron
4. ConocoPhillips
5. General Electric
6. General Motors
7. Ford Motor
8. AT&T
9. Hewlett-Packard
10. Valero Energy
11. Bank of America Corp.
12. Citigroup
13. Berkshire Hathaway
14. International Business Machines
15. McKesson
16. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
17. Verizon Communications
18. Cardinal Health
19. CVS Caremark
20. Procter & Gamble
21. UnitedHealth Group
22. Kroger
23. Marathon Oil
24. Costco Wholesale
25. Home Depot
26. AmerisourceBergen
27. Archer Daniels Midland
28. Target
29. Johnson & Johnson
30. Morgan Stanley
31. State Farm Insurance Cos.
32. WellPoint
33. Dell
34. Boeing
35. Microsoft
36. Walgreen
37. United Technologies
38. Dow Chemical
39. MetLife
40. Goldman Sachs Group
41. Sunoco
42. Wells Fargo
43. United Parcel Service
44. Caterpillar
45. Medco Health Solutions
46. Pfizer
47. Lowe’s
48. Time Warner
49. Sears Holdings
50. Safeway

I was shocked to read the news in Inquirer.net today about the wife of well-known ABS-CBN news anchor Ted Failon (real name is Mario Teodoro Failon Etong). Trinidad Arteche Etong was declared brain dead by the police. According to the news article, the incident is not yet confirmed as suicide because of inconsistencies in Failon’s statements. If established that Failon is accountable in this incident, it will be a huge blow to his image and career.

More details to be found on this article. Do you think he’s guilty?